Aug 26, 2009

Generation Undone



Jonathan Darby is different. His art explores the vulnerability of youth in our materially driven society, but not in a way that is obscure. His work is "accesible." I find some of these a little disturbing. Its the kid's faces mixed with corporate logos, for some reason it gets to me!



His work ‘The Prisoners’ based on the Katte Kollwitz piece of the same name, was selected as one of the top 5 in the curator choice category in the Noise Festival 2008 (its just below). This is His first solo show, at Signal Gallery. If you are in London in between thge 18th September and 10th October 2009. Drop down to the Signal Gallery for a look. It's sure to get you thinking.

Irish Film Board



In the words of Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip......GET INVOLVED!

Stop the destruction of the Irish Film Board. Its simple maths (maybe going on recent history, something accountants, bank managers and the government shouldnt be involved in.) The IFB runs a fund of 18 million to support Irish Film in many differenty way. Through this help, the Irish film industry is worth 600 million. Read the press release below and give your support, on twitter, facebook or whatever medium you like!!



Irish Film Board Press Release.

Grassroots group mobilizes support for the Irish Film Board
in anticipation of the imminent decision by An Bord Snip Nua

It was recently revealed that the recommendations in the Report of Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip Nua) included the abolition of the Irish Film Board, the winding-up of its investment funds and the transfer of its enterprise functions to Enterprise Ireland.

Members of the public quickly responded by setting up a grassroots lobby group to save the Irish Film Board. An online "causes" group via the social networking site Facebook was setup ( http://www.causes.com/SavetheIFB ). In less than a month's time the group grew to a staggering 3,664 members. Letters to local TD's and Councillors were written, and even a Twitter hashtag was created to encourage online discourse about the benefits of the Irish Film Board ( http://twitter.com/#search?q=SavetheIFB )

The group was recently given the alarming news that the Snip decisions are being made this week as the end of August is the deadline, so if any lobbying is to be done it needs to be done before then.

There is great concern surrounding the short-sighted effects of disbanding the Irish Film Board as the follow-on effect would have several points of negative impact including (but not limited to):

* Immediate loss of employment resulting in further strain on Social Welfare which will exceed the sought after savings.
* The loss of other indirect employment benefits arising out of production activities and costs throughout the country.
* The loss of growth potential of the audiovisual content industry - which represents one of the best prospects of employment for young people.
* Ireland being the only developed country in the world producing no cinematic films - and therefore losing an incredibly powerful cultural identity tool.
* The loss of tourism and trade, which is well known to be triggered by seeing Ireland in the movies.

The full Industry Notice written by The IFB can be viewed online here: http://bit.ly/lbeGB

The group would like to encourage all members of the public to please take into consideration the long-term effects of disbanding this very important cultural organization.

Please write to your local TD and spread the word. Visit this site for a full list of Constituencies, TDs & Councillors. Without contacting them this is a pointless exercise.
http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=29&disp=const

Cutting the €18 million spent on the Film Board will destroy a 600 million Euro industry!

For more information please contact Jessie Ward 086 386 8819 jessie@brixtoncat.com
Click here to download this press release in Word Format

Aug 25, 2009

Electric Picnic



Electric Picnic is coming up. The 4th 5th and 6th of September. Another year passes and another year I cannot go. But for everyone else... check out Cubikmusik's Electric Picnic mix. Just what you need to get you in the mood.

...bastards.

Aug 21, 2009

Organ Grinder




Atsushi Yano - Organ Grinder











Aug 17, 2009

Lust for Life



This is the new video from San Francisco, lo-fi pop rockers [nice], "Girls", check out there last video I posted about a while back. There album is out 21st of September. You can buy it here. You can check out where they are playing on radarmaker.com.

Aug 16, 2009

Speech Debelle



Speech Debelle - The Key











Aug 13, 2009

Breakout



I went to see this guy, Ash Grunwald, in Whelans, Dublin last night. He is part of, from what I can remember from my Australian mate, a fun and friendly australian blues scene around Melbourne. The gig was a lot of fun. He has this infectious enjoyment for the music he plays.

Aug 12, 2009

Raw Cuts #002




Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #002











Why Did You Do It

Aug 7, 2009

Plastic Dreams



Jaydee - Plastic Dreams











Aug 2, 2009

Kid Adrift




<a href="http://kidadrift.com/track/red-green-and-blue-2">Red, Green and Blue by Kid Adrift</a>

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